Chapter 72: I was framed
As soon as those words rolled off the tip of his tongue, I felt my heart instantly sink to the pit of my stomach and the world came to a complete halt as time stood still. I parted my lips, taken aback by his sudden question.
"I... I..." I stuttered. There was a lump stuck in my throat and I couldn’t seem to get the words out despite knowing exactly what needed to be said.
"I saw you back then. I saw you putting your arms around another man and you kissed him," he started, his voice laced with hurt and betrayal, as though it had just happened yesterday. "I was hiding behind the wall but you didn’t see me, you didn’t know that I knew, you didn’t know that I saw everything with my own eyes."
He continued, still wrapped up in his own thoughts and emotions. "I didn’t say anything back then because I still loved you and I didn’t want to leave you. I knew I couldn’t leave you even if I wanted to. So I stayed. I stayed by your side, Aurelia..." His voice faltered. "I simply couldn’t forget that. It’s always been at the back of my mind, haunting me the entire time, no matter how hard I tried. That feeling... it sucks and it won’t go away. But now it’s back again to taunt me."
I couldn’t help but to wonder had this always been replaying at the back of his mind when we first kissed? When we went on our dates? When we held hands? Had this been bothering him the whole time but I was just too blind and ignorant to see it?
I bombarded myself with questions and the immense guilt overwhelmed me. I was to blame.
A sour feeling shot up my nose and my cheeks were now tinged red. Hot tears stung my eyes and tears began to fill the brim of my eyes, threatening to spill at any given second now. His words pricked at my heart, I could hear the betrayal and anger in every single word that left his lips. I couldn’t lie, of course it would hurt me to see him act like this but I could barely control my own emotions too.
A single tear fell down my face.
I sniffled. "I... I didn’t mean to hurt you."